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'''Light''' can refer to [[electomagnetic]] [[radiation]] of any [[wavelength]], or to EM radiation of visible wavelengths; that stimulate the [[organ]]s of sight, having for normal human vision wavelengths ranging from about 3900 to 7700 [[ångstrom]]s and traveling at a speed of about 186,300 [[mile]]s per second. On the first [[day]], God created light; [[God]] said ''Let there be light,'' and there was light<ref>[[Genesis]] 1:3</ref>.
'''Light''' can refer to [[electomagnetic]] [[radiation]] of any [[wavelength]], or to EM radiation of visible wavelengths <ref>Wavelengths of EM spectrum <i>usbyte.com</i> [http://www.usbyte.com/common/approximate_wavelength.htm]</ref> ; that stimulate the [[organ]]s of sight, having for normal human vision wavelengths ranging from about 3900 to 7700 [[ångstrom]]s (390 to 780 [[nanometer]]s), violet has the shortest wavelength and red has the largest.
It traveling at the [[speed of light]]: about 186,300 [[mile]]s (300,000 kilometres) per second.
EM radiation is a disturbance in an electric field, it consists of an energy particle called a "[[photon]]", a photon carries no electric charge and is massless, but since all energy is attracted by gravitation, light rays will bend near planets and stars.
Debate over whether light was a wave, or consists of particles was finally solved when [[quantum physics]] revealed all particles have wavelengths, but this is not generally noticeable in normal matter.
The EM spectrum consists of the following types of photon radiation (in order of increasing wavelength): cosmic rays, gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared light and radio waves.
The speed of light is the same in every frame of reference, no matter how fast the source or the observer are moving, this gives rise to the [[theory of relativity]].
As with any wave. wavelength times frequency equals the speed of a light wave.
In the Biblical creation God created light on the first [[day]]; [[God]] said ''Let there be light,'' and there was light<ref>[[Genesis]] 1:3</ref>.
== Young Earth Creationist View Regarding Starlight ==
== Young Earth Creationist View Regarding Starlight ==
In regards to the question of how one can see [[star|starlight]] from millions of light years away, [[young earth]] [[creationist]]s [[scientist]]s commonly mention two things. First, these scientists assert that the [[Big Bang Theory]] has a star light-travel time problem and cite the work of Dr. [[Charles W. Misner]]. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i4/lighttravel.asp</ref> Secondly, the work of young earth creationist scientist Dr. [[John Hartnett]] is cited who proposes a young earth creationist [[cosmology]] that rejects an [[a priori]] [[methodological naturalism]] approach to the question of how one can see starlight from millions of light years away. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i2/cosmology.asp</ref>
In regards to the question of how one can see [[star|starlight]] from millions of light years away, [[young earth]] [[creationist]]s [[scientist]]s commonly mention two things. First, these scientists assert that the [[Big Bang Theory]] has a star light-travel time problem and cite the work of Dr. [[Charles W. Misner]]. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i4/lighttravel.asp</ref> Secondly, the work of young earth creationist scientist Dr. [[John Hartnett]] proposes an alternative, creationist view, by theorizing the Earth was trapped in a time-dilation field caused by extremely strong gravitation during the first few days of creation, from Earth's point of view, while billions of years passed for the rest of the universe.
He attributes the field, it's removal and the continued balance in our solar system (after the field was removed) to divine intervention. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i2/cosmology.asp</ref>
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